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Recognised as Colour

#DFD9FA

  • #DFD9FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DFD9FA is a blue with RGB values 223, 217, 250 and HSL 251°, 77%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFD9FA#DFD9FA
HEX#DFD9FA
RGBrgb(223, 217, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.851, 0.9804
RGB percentages87.5%, 85.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(250.9, 76.7%, 91.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.9, 13.2%, 98%)
CMYK10.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,670,330
CSS custom property--colour: #DFD9FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.44:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#202605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DDFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3DCF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Tritanopia#DADEE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.2Thistle · ΔE 11.2Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Ghost white · ΔE 16.9Lavender blush · ΔE 16.9Alice blue · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4FAD9
Analogous#D9E4FA, #F0D9FA
Triadic#FADFD9, #D9FADF
Split complementary#FAEFD9, #E4FAD9
Tetradic#FAD9E3, #F4FAD9, #D9FAEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#B9ACF4
Darker −20%#937FEE
Darker −30%#6D52E8
Darker −40%#4725E2
More saturated +25%#DCD4FF
Less saturated −25%#E2DEF5

Channel breakdown

R223
G217
B250
Red223 (87.5%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue250.91°
Saturation (HSL)76.74%
Lightness91.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G D9 · B FA

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